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Did you know?
13.8% of adults
were daily smokers in 2017–18
12.3 cigarettes
are smoked by daily smokers per day (on average)
75.3% of young people
aged 18 to 24 have never smoked
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – National Health Survey: First Results, 2017–18
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